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CropSafe founder awarded Thiel fellowship with $100k funding and mentorship

John McElhone is one of 20 entrepreneurs to be accepted for the Thiel Foundation’s latest programme, which encourages young people to build companies rather than go to college

John-McElhone and Micheál McLaughlin, co-founders of CropSafe: the firm developed a tech platform that uses satellite imagery and machine learning to monitor conditions on farms

John McElhone, the co-founder of the Irish agtech company CropSafe, has been named as a Thiel Fellow and will receive $100,000 and mentorship over the next two years under a programme founded by tech entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel.

McElhone is one of 20 entrepreneurs to be accepted for the Thiel Foundation’s latest programme, which encourages talented young people with big ideas to build companies rather than go to college.

CropSafe, the Derry company he ...